FAQ’s for Visitors

To enable us to make your visit as pleasant as possible for you, we would like to give you some important information.

What is required for registration?
Please click here for information.

How do I get to the Milarepa Retreat Center?
Please click here for information.

Will recordings be available?
Recordings will be available. For further information please click here.

Where can I buy books?
A bookstore with a small Dharma shop will be set up in the Center. The bookstore offers interesting Buddhist literature. You can purchase Buddhist ritual objects needed for your practice in the Dharma shop. Opening hours will be announced.

Where can I eat lunch and dinner?
Lunch and dinner will be offered on each day of the event in the catering tent. For further information please click here.

Can I make photos or videos?
We ask for your understanding that, for legal reasons, neither photos nor videos nor audio recordings can be made. Professional photographers and filmmakers who have been given the commission and express authorization to make visual and audio recordings of the event will be on location. Naturally, you can take photos on the grounds during the breaks.

Do I need prayer texts?
Please bring your own Guru Yoga, Dharmapala and Phowa texts according the Drikung Kagyü Traditon as well as the booklet with the Introductory and Concluding prayers. Only a few copies of the guru yoga and dharmapala texts from the temple can be placed at your disposal. All additional texts will be distributed in the event tent.

Can I bring my pet?
Please understand that pets cannot be brought into the event tent or the catering tent. Exception is made only assistance dogs for visually impaired persons.
But you can of course take your dog for a stroll on the grounds.

Will there be interviews?
Due to the size of the event, interviews unfortunately will not be possible.

Will kataks be available?
Due to the size of the event, we ask that you bring your own kataks.

Where can I go with my child if I have to leave the event tent with her/him, if for instance, s/he becomes restless?
For information please click here.

Registration Day
For further information regarding your registration, please click  
Registration Day 15. September 2016

Will there be live streaming?
For information please click here.

What should I do about my cell phone during the event?
Please shut off your cell phone in the event tent, or set it on “mute” and activate the flight mode.

Is there a Shuttle-Service?
For information please click here.

What should I bear in mind when entering the event tent?
Please come promptly to all teachings and have your admission ticket ready. All seats are numbered. The ushers will help you find your reserved seating. Switching to another place is not possible. Entering the tent with shoes is not permitted. You will be given a bag for your shoes at the tent entrance, which you should ideally bring with you each day, the environment will thank you! Please also bring warm socks.

Are there commitments (Samayas)?
It is always of great benefit to recite the mantra of the deity that we receive in an empowerment as much as possible. However, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche always emphasizes that the essence of all samayas, which encompasses all samayas (including mantra recitations), is love and compassion (bodhicitta).

When does the daily program start?
The time-table will be soon announced.

When does the program end on 24 September 2016?
The program will end approx. at 4:30 pm (subject to alterations)  

Program-Changes
The organizer reserves the right to change every part of the program, in case of need anytime.

Audio- und Videomitschnitte

CD/DVD, USB-Sticks der Veranstaltung

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Accommodations

Overnight Stays at the Milarepa Retreat Center and External Accommodations:

We can offer only a limited number of overnight accommodations in the Milarepa Retreat Center. For logistical reasons, these accommodations are intended exclusively for guests who book the entire program.

As soon as this contingent is exhausted, we ask that you contact the Schneverdingen Office of Tourism. There, under the heading “Monkey Year Teachings,” you can download a variety of accommodations in all price categories. We advise that you book your accommodations as soon as possible, as the month of September is part of the peak vacation season in the Lüneburg Heath, and many tourists will be coming here.

Overnight stays in the Milarepa Retreat Center

External accommodations:

Schneverdingen Touristik
Rathauspassage 18
D - 29640 Schneverdingen
Tel.: (0049) +5193 93 810
Fax: (0049) +5193 93 890
E-Mail: touristik@schneverdingen.de
Internet: www.schneverdingen-touristik.de
Tourist information service hours:
November through April:
Monday through Friday: 09.00 – 17.00
May through October: Monday through Friday: 08.00 – 18.00, Saturday: 09.00 – 12.30

We have also reserved rooms for you at the following hotels:.

BLUMENVILLA
Helga Zehetmaier
Zahrenser Weg 23
29640 Schneverdingen
Tel +49 (0) 51 93 / 97 55 83
E-Mail: info@blumen-villa.de
Internet: www.blumen-villa.de
Distance to camp: 7 km
Single room: 36,-/45,-€
Double room: 55,-75,-€
Breakfast: 3,-/8,-€

HOTEL CAMP REINSEHLEN
Camp Reinsehlen 1
All rooms are reserved for participants of the Teachings.
Please call or email Camp Reinsehlen for your booking
(direct booking via the camps website is not possible).
29640 Schneverdingen
Tel +49 (0) 51 98 / 98 30
Fax +49 (0) 51 98/ 98 399
E-Mail: info@campreinsehlen.de
Internet: www.campreinsehlen.de
Single room: 79,-€ incl. breakfast
Double room: 118,-€ incl. breakfast
Triple room: 147,-€ incl. breakfast

EGGERSHOF
Ellingen 15
29614 Soltau
Tel +49 (0) 51 91 / 1 42 97
Fax +49 (0) 51 91 / 1 29 86
E-Mail: info@eggershof.de
Internet: www.eggershof.de
Distance to camp: 20 km
Multi-bed room: 25,- € p.P. incl. breakfast
Straw mattress: 15,50 € incl. breakfast
Campground: 5,- €/tent, 3,- €  electricity/person
Vacation apartment for 4 P.: 100,-€
Vacation apartment for 8 P: 150,-€
Breakfast: 6,50€

HOTEL HEIDETRAUM
Familie R. Kouhl
Heinrich-Wahls-Str. 14
29640 Schneverdingen
Tel +49 (0) 51 93 / 800 700
Fax +49 (0) 51 93 / 800 701
E-Mail: info@hotel-heidetraum.de
Internet: www.hotel-heidetraum.de
Distance to camp: 7 km
Single room: 60,-€ incl. breakfast
Double room: 90,-€ incl. breakfast

HAUS HÖPEN-IDYLL
Familie Inselmann
Höpen Nr. 3
29640 Schneverdingen
Tel +49 (0) 51 93 / 60 42
Fax +49 (0) 51 93 / 98 28 69
E-Mail: info@hoepen-idyll.de
Internet: www.hoepen-idyll.de
Distance to camp: 4 km
Single room: 52,-€ incl. breakfast
Double room: 84,-/90,-€ incl. breakfast

HOTEL-PENSION LUISENHOF
Hans & Ilse Schlumbohm
In der Heide 9
29614 Soltau/Wolterdingen
Tel +49 (0) 51 91 / 39 70
Fax +49 (0) 51 91 / 1 77 38
E-Mail: info@hotel-pension-luisenhof.de
Internet: www.hotel-pension-luisenhof.de
Distance to camp: 17 km
Single room: 35,-€ incl. breakfast
Double/multi-bed room: 29,-€ per person incl. breakfast

FERIENWOHNUNG WESTERMANN
Bernd und Susanne Westermann
Lindenstr. 15
29640 Schneverdingen
Tel +49 (0) 51 99 / 12 98
E-Mail: info@fewo-westermann.de
Internet: www.fewo-westermann.de
Distance to camp: 13 km
1st and 2nd person: 20,-€ each
3rd – 5th person: 5,-€ each
Cleaning: 20,-